Fastener for women&#39;s garments



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Patented Oct. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO ROSENMAN, 01F NEWARK, NEW' JERSEY.

FASTENER FOR WOMENS GARMENTS.

Application filed Karen 12, 1925. Serial No. 14,886.

- for uniting the meeting ed es of a garment to furnish a gapeless closure of the kind known in the art as a French closing, while at the same time providing an arrangement offastening means which per-' mits the wearer to selectively fasten the garment in either comparatively loose fitting or tight fitting relation to the body, as may be desired; such an arrangement permitting the wearer to adjust the garment loosely for comfort, but snugly or tight fitting for dress occasions or for reducing purposes. Toethe above ends, this invention provides a novel specific construction of garment fastening means of the general kind and type illustrated and described in my copending application -for United States Letters Patent, filed February 18th, 1925, 7 Serial No. 10,016/25. In the novel specific construction of garment fastening means, which is the subject of the present invention, the same consists of hook and eye fasteners, the latter being mounted on a tape or similar support-- ing body which is related and secured to the meeting edge portion of the garment in a novel manner. This eye tape is constructed to provide two substantially vertical rows of eyes, comprising an outer row and an inner row suitably spaced apart. Said, eye tape is secured to the front of the garment in such novel relation thereto, that the tape is concealed, and the loops only of the respective rows of eyes are caused to project outwardly through perforations provided in the face of the garment, so as to be exteriorly exposed for engagement by the hooks of the opposite edge of thegarment opening. -The novel arrangement of eye loops is such that the respective rows thereof are spaced in desired relation to the meeting edge at one side of the garment opening, so as to provide a desired amount of take-up, whereby one row (the outer' row), when engaged" with the hooks, will close the garment openin in a loose fitting relation, while the otfier (the inner row), when engaged with strip 16, said cover strip bein the hooks, will close the garment opening in a comparatively tight fitting relation to the wearers body.

7 Other objects of this invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of portions of the meeting edges of a garment asclosed by the novel arrangement and construction of fastening means for comparatively easy or loose fitting relation to the wearers person; Figure 2 is a similar view as closed'by the novel arrangement and construction of fastening means fora tight fit ting relation of the garment to the wearers person; Figure 3 is a fragmentary face view of the meeting edge of the garment which is equipped with the novel arrangement of eye fasteners, a portion of the garment body being broken away to show a face view of the tape body by which the eye fasteners are supported; and Figure 4 is a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, taken on line 4-4 v in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary face view of a modified construction of eye tape attached to the body of a garment; and Figure 6 is a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, taken on line 66 in Figure 5.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to Figures 1 to 4. inclusive of the drawings, the reference character 10 indicates a womans undergarment, such, for example, as a brassiere. Suitably secured to the inner face marginal portions of one meeting edge 11 of the garment opening are hook fasteners 12, arranged in desired longitudinal spaced apart relation.

The reference character 13 indicates the base-strip of an eye-tape. Secured upon said base-strip 13 in longitudinally spaced apart relation, at distances corresponding to the spacing of the bills of the hook fasteners 12, are a plurality of eye fasteners 14 constituting an outer row thereof, the loops of which project toward an adjacent longitudinal edge of said base strip 13. The bodies of said eye fasteners 14 are covered by a cover secured by longitudinal rows of stitches 17 m such mannor that the eye-fasteners are strongly atteners 14 a desired distance, are a plurality of eye fasteners 18 constituting an inner row thereof, the loops 19 of which project toward and in the same direction as said outer row of fasteners 14. The bodies of said eye fas teners 18 are covered by a second cover strip 20, the same being secured by longitudinal rows of stitches 21 in such manner that the eye fasteners 18 are strongly attached to said base strip 13, and firmly held against dis placement therefrom. The loops 19 freely project exteriorly beyond the cover strip 20.

In applying-the eye tape to the garment 10, the opposite meeting edge portion 22- of the opening thereof is laid outer face downward, upon the upper face of the eye-tape, with its raw edge disposed upon the eye-tape along portions thereof lying beyond the outer row of eye fasteners 14. Said meeting edge portion 22 is thereupon secured by a line of stitching 23 to said base strip 13, said stitching being disposed to extend along the outer longltudinal margin of said base strip. The garment 10 is now turned along the line of stitching 23 face outward so as to extend rearwardly over the upper face of said eye tape, thus providing an inturned underfolded portion 24, whereby a neat folded margin 25 is furnished to the garment edge portion which is registered with the outer longitudinal edge of said base strip 13,0f the eye tape. The face portion of the garment 10, when thus arranged, extends over, so as to cover and conceal, theeye tape. The face portion of the garment is further connected and secured with the eye tape by additional lines of stitching 26 and 26', which respectively run longitudinally and to the rear of each row of eye fasteners 14 and 18, and which preferably extend through the rear longitudinal edges of the respective cover strips 16 and 20, as well as through the body 13 of the eye tape, thus strongly and firmly unitmg the eye tape and garment body in desired operative relation.

The face of the garment 10, to the rear of its margin 25, where the same extends over the outer row of eye fasteners 14, is provided with a substantially longitudinal outer row of perforations, slits or incisions 27, corresponding in spacing and position to the spacing and posltion of the loops 15 of said row of eye fasteners 14; and, in like manner, the garment 10 is further provided rearwardly ofv said row of perforations, slits or incisions 27 with a second row of similar perforations, slits or incisions 28, correspondmg in spacing and position to the spacing inner row of eye fasteners 18 are projected through said perforations, slits or incisions 28, so that the said loops 19 are also exteriorly exposed at the outer face of the garment, selectively subject to engagement by said hook fasteners 12 which are secured to the meeting edge 11 of the garment opening. As will be apparent, the hook fasteners 12 may be selectively engaged with either the outer row of eye fastener loops 15 or with the inner row of eye fastener loops 19 at the will of the wearer of the garment; in the former case the garment will be closed about the wearers person in a comparatively loose fitting relation, but in the latter case, the garment will be closed about the wearers person in a relatively tight fitting relation, as for dress or reducing purposes.

Referring now to Figures 5 and 6 of the drawings, I have shown a modified arrange ment of the eye tape portion of my novel garment fastening structure. In this form or embodiment of my invention I employ an eye tape comprising a tape body or web 29. v Secured to this body or web 29, adjacent to its outer longitudinal edge, is an outer row of eye-fasteners 30 attached to the body or web 29 by means of rivets 31, so that the loops 32 of said eye-fasteners project toward said outer longitudinal edge of the body or web. Also secured to said tape body or web 29 is a second or inner row of eye fasteners 33, preferably corresponding in number and spacing to those of said first outer row, but inwardly or rearwardly off-set therefrom. Said eye fasteners 33 are attached to the body or web 29 by means of rivet-s 34, and the loops of said fasteners 33 project forwardly toward said first row of fasteners 30. The garment 10, provided with the respective rows of perforations, slits-or incisions 27 and 28, is united with the tape body or web 29 in the same manner and by the same means as above described, as is indicated by the application of corresponding reference 7 characters in said Figures 5 and 6, and when so united the respective rows of loops 32 and 35 are projected outwardly through the respective rows of perforations, sllts or incisions 27 and 28, so that the same are ex- 1255 teriorly exposed at the outer face of the garment body 10, subject to selective engagement by the hook-fasteners 12, in the manner and for the purposes already above set forth.

From the above description it will be evi- 1% .the general kin dent that this invention provides a novel specific form of arment fastening means of 1 and ty e described and shown in my above referred to copending application for United States Letters Patent.

Having thus described the present invention, I claim In combination with one meeting edge portion of a garment opening, eye fastener means, comprising eye-tape having outer and inner rows of longitudinally spaced eye-fasteners provided with free eye loops, said meeting edge portion of the garment overlying said eye-tape and its eye-fasteners and being secured to the outer longitudinal edge of said eye-tape, said meeting edge portion of the garment having rows of perforations corresponding in position to the position of said rows of eye fasteners, said 100 s of said rows of eye fasteners being respectively pro- 20 being additionally secured to said eye tape 25 back of each row of eye fasteners.

In testimony, that I claim the invention 7 set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of February, 1925.

LEO ROSENMAN. 

